YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Application of Platos Metaphysical Tradition
Essays 331 - 360
than our enemies, but inferior morally" and people must work to make themselves stronger in all respects (Plato, 1970, p. 45). ...
terms of a high human being, one may contend that it is the spiritual being--the priests, the rabbis, the ministers--who are reall...
he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...
interlocutor" which is consistent with the importance he places on self-knowledge as a way to attain good and happiness. Callicles...
What comes out of a courtroom is not necessarily truth, but which side argues best. The Sophists prided themselves on the use of p...
that leads Socrates to the conclusion that he will not be exiled from his beloved home, but would rather die a martyr for his beli...
the affirmative to that and other questions. Later on Socrates will ask: "And, in your opinion, do those who think that they will ...
threatening. Instead of turning the anger they felt inward, they unleashed their fury outward onto Socrates, a convenient scapego...
In five pages this paper examines how individual strength increases as a result of security disturbance according to the writings ...
texts The Republic and Crito, Plato learned his lessons well. In both works, Plato theorizes what justice is through deductive re...
he considered to be the most significant reason society is its own opposing force. According to Hobbes, subjects of the omnipoten...
what it is that you "can do," and then doing that for the good of the group - in this case the city. The unification of the virtu...
In five pages this research paper analyzes the theory of forms developed by Plato and then provides a defense of the philosopher's...
In five pages this paper discusses the connection between man's sins and the soul in this analysis of three levels of thought repr...
In five pages an analysis evaluates the accuracy of Socrates' description of the cave's prisoners as 'like ourselves.' There are ...
in the Peloponnesian War, which ended in a resounding defeat for Athens in 404 B.C. (Levinson ix-x). While it can be assumed that...
thought and action. There are times, however, when vice distracts these efforts and renders man vulnerable to a less ethical exis...
who, even for women, is feminine perforce" (Hoff, 1997, p. 215). Indeed, Platos Symposium exemplifies the need for virtue w...
Knowledge is true judgment. Socrates and Theatetus are talking about the nature of knowledge. Theatetus suggests that mathematic...
"Metamorphoses" and Socrates "Apology". While "Apology" is Platos account of Socrates trial and ultimate death it is also...
In six pages this paper examines Socrates concept of love, then compares it with the contemporary interpretation before being inte...
In five pages Plato considers whether or not virtue is a concept that can be taught in Protagoras and Meno. Twelve sources are ci...
In six pages this paper examines the Greek concept of eros or love as it is portrayed in these works by Plato and Hippolytus with ...
In ten pages this paper examines the debate on affirmative action from the viewpoint of Platonic philosophy. There are 6 sources ...
In three pages this paper considers whether or not learning is new information or simply recollection of past experience according...
In five pages this paper compares the views expressed by these authors regarding women's role and the infinite nature of love. Fi...
In 5 pages the roots of justice are exposed in these respecitve works in which an imaginary dialogue between Moses, Mohammed, and ...
(he disguised himself as a woman and attended rites which only women could witness). Socrates is being held responsible for the i...
pious is to act like him, and not tolerate any ill act. Socrates wants more detail. Euthyphro says that what pleases the gods is ...
In this paper of fifteen pages it is Plato that is accused of treason in this new version of 'Apology' and must defend himself aga...